The GB Rowing Team is the high performance arm of British Rowing. Rowing is the nation’s most continuously successful Olympic sport, having won a gold medal in every Olympic Games since 1984, and has won six Paralympic golds since the sport was introduced to the Paralympic Games programme in 2008.

Beth Bryan

World Class Start graduate Beth Bryan learned to row on the River Tees at Tees RC, before moving south to train full time with the GB Rowing Team.

Bryan first appeared on the international rowing circuit in 2011 when she raced at the Coupe de la Jeunesse in the junior women’s quadruple sculls. She went on to represent Great Britain at U23 level, winning silver and bronze medals in the women’s eight.

2017 was a breakthrough year for Bryan in the senior squad, winning World and European Championships gold in the quad alongside Holly Nixon, Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne and Jess Leyden. The year started well, winning bronze in torrid conditions at the first World Cup in Belgrade, behind eventual World Championships gold and silver medallists Netherlands and Poland.

They convincingly beat the Poles to the bronze at the European Championships in Racice – a race won by the Netherlands – and repeated the position in Sarasota-Bradenton at the World Rowing Championships.

On The Water

GB Competitive Record

World Rowing Championships

2017

W4x

World Rowing Championships:

2017

W4x

European Rowing Championships

2017

W4x

European Rowing Championships:

2017

W4x

World Cup Regattas

2017 Lucerne

5th

W4x

2017 Belgrade

W4x

World Cup Regattas:

2017 Lucerne

5th

W4x

World Cup Regattas:

2017 Belgrade

W4x

World Rowing U23 Championships

2015

W8+

2013

W8+

World Rowing U23 Championships:

2015

W8+

World Rowing U23 Championships:

2013

W8+

GB Rowing Team Senior Trials

2017

4th

W1x

GB Rowing Team Senior Trials:

2017

4th

W1x

Beyond the Boat

Rowing is not the only watersport Bryan has an affinity for. She swam at national level until the age of 15 and also loves scuba diving. Later in life she would love to work in high performance swimming, and build on her current experience as a swimming coach.

The famous Teesside speciality, the chicken Parmo, is Beth’s favourite post-competition food. This delicacy consists of breaded chicken baked in béchamel and served with chips and garlic sauce. She would invite her younger sister, Peter Kay and Sonny Bill Williams to her ideal dinner party, and would love to swap places with Usain Bolt for a day.